Evidence-Based Medicine
(Four workshops during the year 2008)
Organized by: Prof. Nabil
Dowidar
Principles of Medical
Research
Workshop Objectives
By the end of the workshop each participant will be able
to:
1.
Identify suitable topics for
research
2.
Select appropriate study
sample and design
3.
Define research variables
and methods
4.
Construct a research work
schedule and action plan
Clinical
Audit
Workshop Objectives
By the end of the workshop each participant will be able
to:
1. Identify suitable topics for audit
2. Set audit objectives and standards
3. Select audit sample
4. Prepare data collection sheets
Analysis of Research
Results
Workshop Objectives
By the end of the workshop each participant will be able
to:
1.
Define database
variables
2.
Create a research database
on SPSS
3.
Explore and analyze research
results on SPSS
4.
Select appropriate
statistical tests for data analysis on SPSS
Evidence-Based
Medicine
Workshop Objectives
By the end of the
workshop an attendant will be able to:
Understand the
steps of evidence-based practice
Formulate
evidence questions
Obtain best
available evidence
Workshop
Objectives
By the end of the workshop each participant will be able
to:
1.
Identify suitable topics for
research
2.
Select appropriate study
sample and design
3.
Define research variables
and methods
4.
Construct a research work
schedule and action plan
| Day
1: |
|
09:00 ・10:00 Registration and group
introduction
10:00 ・11:00 Introduction to medical research
11:00 ・11:45 Select your research topic ・Group work
11:45 ・12:30 Plenary
12:30 ・13:00 Coffee
13:00 ・13:30 Sampling and study design
13:30 ・14:15 Design your study ・Group work
14:15 ・15:00 Plenary
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| Day
2: |
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09:00 ・09:30 Variables
09:30 ・10:00 Define your research variables ・ Group work
10:00 ・11:00 Plenary
11:00 ・11:30 Coffee
11:30 ・12:00 Introduction to methodology
12:00 ・12:45 Describe your methods ・Group work
12:45 ・13:30 Plenary
13:30 ・14:00 Work schedules and action plans
14:00 ・14:30 Demonstration
14:30 ・15:00 Open discussion and feedback and
certification
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Clinical
Audit
Workshop Objectives
By the end of the workshop each participant will be able
to:
1.
Identify suitable topics for
audit
2.
Set audit objectives and
standards
3.
Select audit
sample
4.
Prepare data collection
sheets
Workshop
Programme
| Day
1: |
|
09:00 ・10:00 Registration and group
introduction
10:00 ・11:00 Introduction to audit
11:00 ・11:45 Select your audit ・Group work
11:45 ・12:30 Plenary
12:30 ・13:00 Coffee
13:00 ・13:30 Audit objectives and standards
13:30 ・14:15 Set objectives and standards ・Group work
14:15 ・15:00 Plenary
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| Day
2: |
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09:00 ・09:30 Audit sample
09:30 ・10:00 Define your sample ・Group work
10:00 ・11:00 Plenary
11:00 ・11:30 Coffee
11:30 ・12:00 Data collection
12:00 ・12:45 Design your data collection sheet ・ Group
work
12:45 ・13:30 Plenary
13:30 ・14:00 Problem identification and plan for change
14:00 ・14:30 Exercise
14:30 ・15:00 Open discussion and feedback and
certification
|
Analysis of Research Results
Workshop Objectives
By the end of the workshop each participant will be able
to:
1.
Define database
variables
2.
Create a research database
on SPSS
3.
Explore and analyze research
results on SPSS
4.
Select appropriate
statistical tests for data analysis on SPSS
Workshop
Programme
| Day
1: |
|
09:00 ・09:30 Registration
09:30 ・10:00 Opening remarks, group introduction, course
objectives
10:00 ・10:30 What are research variables
10:30 ・11:30 Create your research database ・Group work on
SPSS
11:30 ・12:30 Plenary
12:30 ・13:00 Coffee
13:00 ・13:30 Introduction to exploratory data analysis
13:30 ・14:15 Describe and graph your data ・Group work on
SPSS
14:15 ・15:00 Plenary
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| Day
2: |
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09:00 ・09:30 How do statistics work?
09:30 ・10:00 Significance tests ・comparison between groups
10:00 ・11:00 Select your statistical tests ・Group work on
SPSS
11:00 ・12:00 Plenary
12:00 ・12:30 Coffee
12:30 ・13:00 Significance tests ・association between variables
13:00 ・13:45 Select your statistical tests ・Group work on
SPSS
13:45 ・14:30 Plenary
14:30
Closing and certification |
Evidence-Based Medicine
Workshop Objectives
By the end of the workshop an attendant will be able
to:
Understand the steps of evidence-based
practice
Formulate evidence questions
Obtain best available evidence
| Day
1: |
|
09:00 ・09:30 Registration, group introduction, course
objectives
09:30 ・10:00 Introduction to evidence-based medicine
10:00 ・10:30 Evidence questions
10:30 ・12:00 Formulating questions ・Group work
12:00 ・12:30 Coffee
12:30 ・13:30 Netting the evidence
13:30 ・15:00 Searching for best evidence ・Group work
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| Day
2: |
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09:00 ・10:00 Critical appraisal of diagnostic studies
10:00 ・11:00 Appraising the evidence ・Group work
11:00 ・12:00 Plenary
12:00 ・12:30 Coffee
12:30 ・13:30 Critical appraisal of randomized controlled
studies
13:30 ・14:30 Appraising the evidence ・Group work
14:30 ・15:00 Plenary
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| Day
3: |
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09:00 ・10:00 Critical appraisal of systematic reviews and
meta-analysis
10:00 ・11:00 Appraising the evidence ・Group work
11:00 ・12:00 Plenary
12:00 ・12:30 Coffee
12:30 ・13:30 Performing a meta-analysis ・ demonstration
13:30 ・14:30 Feedback
14:30 ・15:00 Closing and Certification
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